Association between Breastfeeding and Childhood Obesity
Kallio, Kami (2024)
2024
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024052013652
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024052013652
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The objective of the research was to find evidence on association between breastfeeding and childhood obesity and whether breastfeeding prevents childhood obesity.
A descriptive literature review was conducted. The data for this thesis was yielded from CINAHL Ultimate, MED-IC and PubMed databases. Data-driven thematic content data analysis was used to enable summarized descrip-tions of the selected articles to describe the information of the research material without it losing its value.
Based on the analysis of the thesis, it can be concluded that breastfeeding and childhood obesity are associated with each other and there is also evidence that breastfeeding prevents childhood obesity. Several studies sug-gested that more quality studies should be conducted to define if the association between breastfeeding and childhood obesity is absolute or hides behind other factors.
A descriptive literature review was conducted. The data for this thesis was yielded from CINAHL Ultimate, MED-IC and PubMed databases. Data-driven thematic content data analysis was used to enable summarized descrip-tions of the selected articles to describe the information of the research material without it losing its value.
Based on the analysis of the thesis, it can be concluded that breastfeeding and childhood obesity are associated with each other and there is also evidence that breastfeeding prevents childhood obesity. Several studies sug-gested that more quality studies should be conducted to define if the association between breastfeeding and childhood obesity is absolute or hides behind other factors.